Badger Grove, Indiana

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|settlement_type = Unincorporated community

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|subdivision_name1 = Indiana

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|subdivision_name2 = White

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|subdivision_name3 = Prairie

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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|coordinates = {{coord|40|35|01|N|86|57|49|W|region:US-IN|display=inline,title}}

|elevation_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2016-07-06|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=October 25, 2007}}

|elevation_m = 222

|elevation_ft = 728

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|postal_code = 47923

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Badger Grove is an unincorporated community in Prairie Township, White County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.{{cite web | url = {{GNIS3|430397}} | title = Badger Grove, Indiana | work = Geographic Names Information System | publisher = United States Geological Survey | accessdate = July 24, 2017}}

History

A post office called Badger was established in 1881, and remained in operation until 1900.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=White | title=White County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=28 November 2015}} Badgers which lived in a nearby grove caused the name to be selected.{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/58 58]|quote=...there were a lot of badgers in a grove...}}

Geography

Badger Grove is located at {{coord|40|35|01|N|86|57|49|W|type:city}}.

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in White County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana